Today’s post is a lighthearted yet educational one on all sorts of fun facts about our feet. About our foot’s anatomy: The foot bones are composed of 3 sections: the toes or phalanges; the long bones in the middle or metatarsals; and the third...
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Well, maybe not an official Around the World Tuesday! Rene and I are just back from a wonderful and relaxing 2 day stay at our friends’ cabin in Wilmer, just a few km from Invermere BC and overlooking Windemere Lake. The trees have just started to...
Another fun family dinner was had by all last night. This week’s international menu came from the Cook Islands in the South Pacific Ocean between French Polynesia and American Samoa. The fifteen-island country is self governing and has a free association with New Zealand....
Hi everyone! Yesterday’s destination was Jersey, a part of The Channel Islands. Sitting on the bay of Malo 22 Km from the French coast and 137 Km south of the English coast, Jersey is a British Crown Dependency with a population of about 100,000. This week was Demi and...
Hello! Did you all have a wonderful summer, with the warmer than usual weather? I know I did, and I hope you did too. I want to make sure you all know that the Market on Macleod is closing at the end of September. This...
As I mentioned earlier, our latest Tuesday night dinner was a birthday celebration for our now 24-year-old. (Where does the time go?!) It was a wonderful family dinner, with lots of love, laughter, and good food. Demi requested Rabbit with Caprese salad and...
Many years ago, when I was still living in Denmark and working in a hospital, my colleagues and good friends shared a monthly meal. Alternating hosting duties, we made our social gatherings more interesting by creating menus from various countries. Each month, the host or hostess...
Say what, vinegar? Yes, this fermented flavouring (or in Latin vinum acetum meaning wine turned sour) is one of the oldest condiments in the world. It’s tasty and medicinally beneficial to say the least, popular in cooking, curing, and in cleaning. Today’s blog is...
Ouch! Arthritis is a pain, literally and figuratively. It’s causes joint pain, swelling, and stiffness resulting in a disability. Arthritis affects about 16% (over 15 years of age) of Canadians according to the Public Health Agency of Canada. Arthritis comes in different types including:...
Every day research reports and articles are coming out promoting the incredible benefits of omega 3s fatty acids. From oily fish and algae, we get EPA (or eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (or docosahexaenoic acid), and from some plant sources such as nuts and seeds...